18 Dec, 2024 EU says good-quality DORA registers are within reach By Raza Naeem James Morris Frances Hodgkins Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less Earlier this year around 1,000 firms took part in a “dry-run” to test the process for reporting registers under the EU’s Digital...
16 Dec, 2024 FCA takes first step on its crypto roadmap By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke +2 more... Show less The FCA recently issued its crypto roadmap to map the future development of a comprehensive regulatory regime for cryptoassets. Now the...
12 Dec, 2024 Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2025 By Stephen Clipsham Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2025 report explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the Banking, Asset...
12 Dec, 2024 UK opens review of its administration regime for payment firms By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Sam Quicke +3 more... Show less HM Treasury has launched an independent review of PESAR, the Payment and Electronic Money Special Administration Regime. PESAR was...
05 Dec, 2024 Design of EU open finance rules set to move to next stage By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The EU plans to require financial services firms to open up the data they hold for customers. Last year the European Commission proposed...
02 Dec, 2024 EU finalises DORA register rules By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The European Commission has adopted implementing technical standards on the register of information under the EU’s Digital Operational...
29 Nov, 2024 ESAs set timetable for DORA register By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy As firms race to comply with the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act, the European Supervisory Authorities have clarified their...
19 Nov, 2024 Bank of England drafts fundamental rules for financial market infrastructure By James Morris Simon Treacy In a consultation the Bank of England proposes requiring UK financial market infrastructure to meet 10 new Fundamental Rules. The rules...
19 Nov, 2024 National Payments Vision: The Government sets out its ambitions for the UK payments sector By Olivia Murphy A year in the making, the UK Government has released its National Payments Vision. The NPV is intended to address the findings of the...
15 Nov, 2024 Growth and competitiveness - a new strategy By Elizabeth Dowd Rachel Reeves has used her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor to put forward reforms aimed at making the UK financial services...
25 Sep, 2024 Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +5 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its stall to strengthen safeguarding rules for payments and e-money firms. Firms will need to...
02 Aug, 2024 A changing landscape: Bank of England’s approach to innovation in money and payments By Simon Treacy Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving payments landscape, the Bank of England has launched a discussion paper on how it should...
30 Jul, 2024 The missing DORA technical standard on subcontracting is found By Harry Eddis Raza Naeem James Morris Olivia Murphy +1 more... Show less The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have finalised their much-anticipated technical standard on subcontracting ICT services...
17 Jul, 2024 ESAs finalise second batch of DORA Level 2 rules – but one is missing… By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy The European Supervisory Authorities have finalised more technical standards under the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act. EU...
04 Jul, 2024 EU institutions explore AI in financial services By Simon Treacy As our mid-year legal outlook shows, the legal impact of AI adoption is not limited to the tech sector. Financial services firms are...
18 Jun, 2024 Unlocking the future of payments: The role of AI in transforming transactions By Simon Treacy Jennifer Calver The payments industry has a strong track record of using AI to help spot and stop fraud. As well as continuing to invest in the arms race...